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Originally Posted by EnderWiggin
we got ripped off [...] downgrade [...] scandal [...] blah blah blah
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Before anybody starts tearing into FIRST and Banebots, let's make sure that we have all the information first. If you've been listening to Dr. Joe, you already know this:
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Originally Posted by Joe Johnson
WE STILL DO NOT KNOW THAT THESE GEARBOXES WILL ROUTINELY FAIL IN THE FIELD.
Really. The only field failure of this type that has been reported as of right now is the one reported by Team 166 and that was not a failure where the gearbox was NO-OP but that the backlash was noticeable after 3 hours of hard driving.
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I'm not going to blindly defend FIRST or Banebots, but I think it's pretty unreasonable to start making claims about the integrity of the parts and the people who provided them when we still have such a minimal amount of data available. In the mean time, grind your axe somewhere else.